Commotion as AAdeleke_01, Ajibola Basiru clash over sitting arrangement at Osogbo praying ground | TheCable
Pandemonium started when a protocol officer informed Ajibola that the front row where he was sitting was reserved for the governor.
The development created a scene at the prayer ground as some supporters of the former senator resisted the move.ADELEKE ORDERS BASIRU’S ARRESTIn a statement by Olawale Rasheed, the governor’s spokesperson, Adeleke said the incident was an assassination on his life,Advertisement Adeleke said he was shocked with the role played by Basiru “who took over the space reserved for the governor at the prayer ground. All efforts to get the former senator to vacate the space proved abortive.”In a phone interview with TheCable, Basiru said Adeleke’s supporters made the situation worse with their “overzealous attitude” at the praying ground.Advertisement
“Muniru Raji came to assault me, instructing me to stand up because the place was not meant for me and I told him that there is no place reserved for anybody in the mosque. He now told me that the place was meant for the governor, so I inquired if he is the protocol of the governor because I did not see any protocol or advance party of the governor. No security personnel where I sat, no indication that where I sat was for the governor.
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